Chess history in Florida -
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Published on: 11/3/2006
Last Visited: 6/30/2009
Just as St. Petersburg Chess Club President Andrew Scherman had predicted, this was the greatest weekend of chess in Florida history, according to past and present leaders of the Florida Chess Association and U.S. Chess Federation.
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Scherman was the organizer for the event.
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There were five rounds of games played among entrants in the Friday night event, and Renier Gonzalez, Blas Lugo, Marcel Martinez, and Stephen Muhammad emerged from the qualifier to playoff against Western Region representative Andrew Scherman, who also was the chief organizer of the Labor Day weekend events.
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Gonzalez won all of his games except for two draws with Blas Lugo and one draw with Andrew Scherman.
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Andrew Scherman, 42, the president of the St. Petersburg Chess Club, was fifth.
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Chief organizer Andrew Scherman, president of the St. Petersburg club, decided that since Idaho had the fewest United States Chess Federation members, Idaho residents would not be eligible to win the trophy, but he would certainly let them be eligible for all prize money, and indeed Idaho residents could play for free.